devenir

French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /dəv.niʁ/, X-SAMPA: /d@v.niR/

Noun

devenir m (plural devenirs)

1. future

Synonyms

• futur
• destin
• avenir

Verb

devenir

1. to become

Conjugation

   Conjugation of devenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		devenir			être devenu
gerund		en devenant			en étant devenu
present participle		devenant
past participle		devenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	deviens	deviens	devient	devenons	devenez	deviennent
	imperfect	devenais	devenais	devenait	devenions	deveniez	devenaient
	past historic1	devins	devins	devint	devînmes	devîntes	devinrent
	future	deviendrai	deviendras	deviendra	deviendrons	deviendrez	deviendront
	conditional	deviendrais	deviendrais	deviendrait	deviendrions	deviendriez	deviendraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	devienne	deviennes	devienne	devenions	deveniez	deviennent
	imperfect1	devinsse	devinsses	devînt	devinssions	devinssiez	devinssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	deviens	—	devenons	devenez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• deviner
• venir de

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Interlingua

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /de.veˈnir/

Verb

devenir

1. to become

Conjugation

Conjugation of “devenir”

Nominal forms
Infinitive		devenir
		Presente	Perfect
Participles		deveniente	devenite
Personal forms
		Simple	Perfect
Active voice	Present	deveni	ha devenite
	Past	deveniva	habeva devenite
	Future	devenira	habera devenite
	Conditional	devenirea	haberea devenite
	Imperative	deveni	--
Passive voice	Present	es devenite	ha essite devenite
	Past	esseva devenite	habeva essite devenite
	Future	essera devenite	habera essite devenite
	Conditional	esserea devenite	haberea essite devenite
	Imperative	sia devenite	--

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Old French

Verb

devenir

1. to become
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Yonec

     Chevaliers bels e genz devint.

     He turned into a handsome, noble knight.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French devenir.

Verb

devenir (first-person singular present devengo, first-person singular preterite devine, past participle devenido)

1. to happen

Synonyms

• pasar, suceder, ocurrir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devenir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			devenir
gerund			deviniendo
past participle			devenido
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devengo	devienes	deviene	devenimos	devenís	devienen
	imperfect	devenía	devenías	devenía	deveníamos	deveníais	devenían
	preterite	devine	deviniste	devino	devinimos	devinisteis	devinieron
	future	devendré	devendrás	devendrá	devendremos	devendréis	devendrán
	conditional	devendría	devendrías	devendría	devendríamos	devendríais	devendrían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devenga	devengas	devenga	devengamos	devengáis	devengan
	imperfect (ra)	deviniera	devinieras	deviniera	deviniéramos	devinierais	devinieran
	imperfect (se)	deviniese	devinieses	deviniese	deviniésemos	devinieseis	deviniesen
	future	deviniere	devinieres	deviniere	deviniéremos	deviniereis	devinieren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		devén	devenga	devengamos	devenid	devengan
	negative		no devengas	no devenga	no devengamos	no devengáis	no devengan

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -ir (conjugation venir)